MAGISTRATES COURT Driver Fined Total Of £30 On Two Charges

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31116, 20 July 1966, Page 10

MAGISTRATES COURT Driver Fined Total Of £30 On Two Charges

Fines totalling £3O, and disqualification from driving for six months, were impdsed on Thomas Albert Brown, aged 47, a painter and paperhanger, by Mr H. J. Evans, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Brown, who did not appear, was charged with failing to comply with traffic lights on June 2 and failing to stop after an accident on the same date. He was convicted and fined £lO on the charge of failing to comply with traffic lights, and was convicted and fined £2O and disqualified from driving for six months, on the other charge. He was also ordered to pay witnesses’s expenses of £4. Mrs Eileen Millie Morgan said that she had been travelling towards the city in Linwood avenue, and stopped for the traffic lights at the intersection with Buckleys road and Aidwins road. When the lights changed to green she moved off, and a car appeared in front of her. This car struck the witness’s car, but did not stop.

Jan Raymond Bisman said that he had been stopped on the outside of Mrs Morgan’s car, and as he moved off he saw Brown’s car coming from Buckleys road. Bisman braked to avoid a collision, and heard a bang, but did not know if it was his car or Mrs Morgan’s that had been hit. The car driven by Brown did not stop, but continued along Aidwins road.

Bisman estimated the speed of Brown’s car through the intersection at about 40 miles an hour. In a 'statement which was given to the traffic department, Brown said that the traffic lights were In his favour when he went through the intersection. He felt a bump, but thought it was a pothole in the road. He did not know a collision had occurred. The Magistrate said that he accepted the evidence that had been given in court on oath. FALSE PRETENCES Desmond Leon Fitzgerald, aged 36, a bar steward, pleaded guilty to a charge that on July 18 he incurred a debt with Colin Anthony Wesney Janies totalling 4s 6d by means of a false pretence. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within six months if called on. Detective-Sergeant D. Porteous said that about 7.30 p.m. on July 18 Fitzgerald had gone to a city coffee bar and ordered a packet of cigarettes and a cun of coffee and had not paid for them. FOUND IN SHIP Hilda Phillips, aged 24, a waitress (Mr J. E. Ryan) pleaded guilty to a charge that on July 19 she was found unlawfully on board the m.v. Main Lloyd at Lyttelton. She was convicted and remanded in custody for a probation officer’s report and sentence on July 28.

Detective - Sergeant Porteous said that Phillips had been found by police constables in the crew's quarters after a search. i

TRAFFIC CHARGES In traffic prosecutions brought by the Christchurch City Council traffic department, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows, with costs £1 10s on each charge:— Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Eric George Morris, £B, licence cancelled for four months; Rodney Hugh Hawker, £lO (failed to yield right of way, £10); William Stewart Clark, £B, disqualified for one month, to take effect from July 25; Cary Anderson Proctor, £4 (no safety helmet, £2); Alan John Harris. £3; Lester Trevor McDonald, £8; Reginald Selwyn Ackland, £6; Ellen Corisande Barker, £6 10s; Robert Lang Biggart, £3 10s; Anthony Brian Biackler, £8 10s; Lawrence Victor Bruce, £5; lan Alexander James, £O, disqualified for one month (failed to produce driver’s licence, £3); Caras Dlmitrious, £6 10s; John Robert Carruthers, £3; Gordon David Clark, £2; George Gordon Clarke, £2; Kevin John Frederick Cutts, £8 10s; Francis Harold Dalkie, £5; David Bryon De La Mare, £6; Clive Morton Fossey, £3 10s; Robert Malcolm Galvin, £4; Desmond Alfred Glozler. £4 10s: Stanley Trevor Harvey, £6; Gray Mutu Horo, £6; Rana Lee, £3 10s; Duncan Brian Livingstone, £7 10s; Eric Arthur Lockie, £6; David John McClure, £2 10s; Alan Christopher Mitchell, £3 10s; Ashby Thomas Murphy, £3; Jeppe Sondergaard Nielsen, £4; Peter Richard O’Sullivan, £7; Neville Alan John Oakley, £7; Roger Gordon Phipps, £5; Geoffrey Eric Priddy, £6; Thomas Alexander Rodger, £4; Bruce Stewart, £4: Owen Stuart, £6 10s; Peter Thompson, £6; Thomas Prentice Thomson, £7 10s; Traia Tihua Tuhuru. £4 10s: Leslie Frederick Vintener, £7; Elan Nora Joyce Wall, £2; John Anthony Waterhouse, £6; Phillip Raymond Wells £4; Barry Gordon Weston, £4; William Leonard Woodhouse, £4; Murray John Woods, £2; Marcus Samuel James Wright, £4. Failed to stop at a compulsory stop: Hugh Hamilton Wilson, £5; John Allen, £5; Frank John Van Derveen, £7; John Edward Pounsford, £3; Edwin Balloch, £2 10s; Barry John Last, £4; James Gunther Hass, £6 10s: William Robert Gaines, £10; Harold Edwain James, £2 10s; Lester Ernest Morris, £4 10s; Donald Johnston Rugg. £6; Stewart Cameron Turvey, £5 (exceeded 30 miles an hour, £5); Stanley Murray Wardle, £B. Failed to yield right of way: Juan Vincent Emanuel, £6; Samuel Richard Pentecost, £8; Dulcie Jean McLaren, £7; Colin Gardiner Steel, £10; Alexander Rex Simpson, £7 10s. Careless use: Ernest Leslie English, £7 10s (failed to stop after accident. £7 10s); David Poyner, £7; Neville John Henderson. £7; Colin James Croton, £7. Insufficient Lights: Derek William Wright, £8 10s. No safety chain: Bevan Walter Saggers, £5 10s: Richard Joseph Armstrong Spencer, £5. Proceeded from compulsory stop before way was clear: Janet Elizabeth Radford, £2. Load extended more than one foot six inches past the side of motor-cycle: David Piesous, £2 10s. No front light on cycle: John Nelson Green, 10s (no rear red light, 10s). No driver’s licence: Ruth Dale. £5, disqualified for four months: Anthoney Cyril Ellis, £6. Parking offences: Samuel George Cuppies, £1 10s; Gavin Edgar William Kinsman, £1 on each of three charges; Jack McLeod Little, £5. Rode motor cycle on footpath: Stephen Frank Coward. £2 Xo warrant of fitness: David Edward Roberts. £2; Walter James Nanson, £1 10s; Murray Hugh Thompson, 10s (altered expiry date of warrant of fitness, £10). Unlicensed motor vehicle: William Charles Kerr, £lO. Not wearing vision aids; Norman CoMans, £3 10s. Unsafe load: Murphy Komene CassMy, £8 10s. Failed to comply with traffic lights: Joseph Arthur Taplin, £6. licence cancelled for two months. Failed to supply information: George Leo Brennan. £5; Christopher Allan Cambridge, £3 10s on each of two charges; Cyril James Pengally, £l2. Failed to give way to pedestrian on crossing; Nell Raymond Beaumont. £R Failed tn give way for siren; Eric Morris £3. i Failed te produce drivers

licence: Joseph Kiley Grace. £4. No certificate of fitness: Mcßeth Freighting Company, £2 10s (no vehicle authority, £2 10s). Exceeded heavy traffic licence; John Bertram Carr, £1; Trevor Gerald Storer, £3. Passed vehicle stopped at pedestrian crossing: .William Lester Hamilton, £5. (Before Mr E. A. Lee, S.M.) DECISION RESERVED The Magistrate reserved Ms decision on a charge against Ruby Frances Mikkelson, a sales assistant, of selling a totaltsator ticket, valued at 10s to Wayne Albert Shivas, aged 16, at the Addington raceway on May 28. She pleaded not guilty and was represented by Mr L. M. O’Reilly. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr K. H. J. Headifcn, S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: D. Dixon, photographer, care of "Christchurch Star.” to pay Ivor Glasgow Haigh £7 15s, in default nine days’ imprisonment. warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid: John McLeod Little, care of A. A. Little, Barters road, Templeton, to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £lO6 15s 3d (three months or £4 a week); I. Whitcombe, shearer, Wilsons road, to pay Richard George Bell £49 5s (53 days or £4 a week); C. E. Fairbrother, workman, Marshall street, to pay Autocrafts (1963), Ltd., £4 (six days or £1 a week).

C. Fox, worker. Geraldine street, to pay Thompsons Store, Ltd., £24 9s 9d (28 days or £1 a week): D. E. Weir, railwayman, Buckleys road, to pay Falconers Shoe store, Ltd., £l3 9s 7d (16 days or £1 a week); Gilbert Laurence Chaston. drainlayer. Berry street, to pay the Christchurch City Council £7 Is 9d (nine days or £1 a week); W. Ball, labourer, Manurere street, to pay W. A. Habgood, Ltd., £137 Ils (three months or £2 a week).

R. H. Wilson, labourer, Mappieton avenue. to pay Blackwell Motors, Ltd., £3B 14s 3d (42 days or £1 a week); A. E. Spencer, workman, Bealey avenue, to pay T. P. Laffey and B. J. McKenzie £1 10s (three days); C. R. McQuoid, .workman, Acheson avenue, to pay Canterbury Court Service Station. Ltd., £25 5s (28 davs or £3 a week); R. S. Trowbridge, Bower avenue, to pay Ashbv Bergh and Company, Ltd., £ll 0s 8d (13 days or 5s a week). A. L. Morgan, fireman. King street, to pay D.1.C., Ltd., £5 13s lid (seven days or £1 a week); E. A. Clydesdale, worker. Main North road, to pay Jack Kelly, Ltd., £9 (10 days or £1 a week); G. Gardiner, workman, London street, to pay W. J. R, Edlin and Company. Ltd., £66 6s «d (70 days or £1 a week); L. Crook. Camden street, to pay J. N. du Feu and Company, Ltd., £l7 0s 3d (20 days or £1 a week). P. J. O'Callaghan, Brisbane street, to pay T. Armstrong and Company, Ltd., £l6 13s 5d (18 days or £1 a week): R. J. Blair, timber worker, Cobra street, to pay Halswcll County Council. £34 9s lOd (38 days or £1 a week): G. Alexandra, workman, Stanmore road, to pay Arthur Barnett, Ltd., £7 15s (nine days or £1 a week). POSSESSION ORDERS Albert Maurice Reed, a bootmaker. and Elizabeth Joan Reed, his wife, were ordered to give up possession of a tenement at 18 Galbraith avenue to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand and pay arrears of rent" and costs amounting to £72 4s 9d.